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The Exchange Server 2010 Hub Transport Server role is responsible for all email flow within the organization. Every email between two recipients, whether they are both internal mailboxes or one is an external mailbox, will traverse at least one Hub Transport server. This even includes emails between two mailboxes stored on the same database. In addition to the delivery […]
Read moreOne of the less well understood components of a working email system is the MX record. I do find a lot of IT administrators looking after Exchange servers who don’t really understand what an MX record is and how they work. DNS Fundamentals MX stands for “mail exchanger”. An MX record is a type of DNS record, so any understanding of MX […]
Read moreMicrosoft has released Service Pack 3 for Exchange Server 2010. This is a significant release that delivers some key functionality to customers such as support for Windows Server 2012, support for co-existence with Exchange Server 2013 CU1, and general bug fixes and security updates. If you are planning to upgrade your Exchange 2010 servers to SP3 you should be aware that […]
Read moreOn Windows To automatically start your computer up at a specific time of day, you’ll actually need to edit your BIOS settings. To do this: Boot up your computer and enter your BIOS setup. Usually this involves pressing the Delete key as your computer boots (your computer should say Press DEL to Enter Setup or something similar as you turn […]
Read moreIf using Windows 7, follow these steps to schedule your PC(Personal Computer) to shut down at a certain time at night: 1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools and click on the Task Scheduler. 2. From the Action menu in Task Scheduler, click “Create Basic Task…” 3. In the “Create Basic Task Wizard” […]
Read moreThe IP address of your computer can be set from the command prompt by running the following commands at an administrative level prompt: netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” static 123.123.123.123 255.255.255.0 123.123.123.1 1 Local Area Connection is the name of the adapter you want to modify. In single NIC systems it is normally called Local Area […]
Read moreTurn on auditing to monitor account attacks There is no doubt that all of the new security features in the modern versions of Windows will help keep your computer more secure. However, these features become less valuable when they are not turned on by default. One feature, known as user account auditing, is not turned on by default. With this feature is […]
Read moreCut down on spam with IP Block List Providers (RBL) One easy way to make a huge dent in the amount of spam your Exchange organization receives is to configure the IP Block List Providers anti-spam agent. This component checks senders against known databases of spammers, infected computers and open relays. Also known as real-time block lists (RBL), they are […]
Read moreOn a normal Exchange Server 2007 deployment an Edge server role is setup facing the Internet and the Hub Transport role is hosted on an internal server. Anti-Spam agents such as Content Filtering, Connection filtering, Sender ID, Sender Filtering, Recipient Filtering and Sender Reputation are only installed by default on the public facing edge server role. If you have a […]
Read moreWith our handy guide, you’ll have Exchange 2010 installed and running on top of Windows Server 2008 R2 in no time. System Requirements First, you need to make sure that your Active Directory (AD) environment and your Exchange server meet the minimum requirements: AD forest functional level is Windows Server 2003 (or higher) AD Schema Master is running Windows Server […]
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